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Industry·3d ago·all news from October 21, 2026

Deepmind founder Hassabis shortens AGI timeline from five to two to three years

Deepmind co-founder Demis Hassabis has revised his estimate for the arrival of artificial general intelligence, now projecting its development within the next two to three years. This update follows his previous prediction of three to five years, reflecting an accelerated outlook on the timeline for reaching human-level machine capabilities.

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